Frauds

Two men are to stand trial over alleged roles in a major pension fund scam, a judge in Belfast ordered today.

Paul Ferrin, 67, is being prosecuted for suspected involvement in defrauding workers out of retirement sums.

A 41-year-old co-accused faces counts of fraud by false representation and making a misleading statement about an investment.

A fraudster who used an acquaintance's card to order 211 takeaways over more than a year has been ordered to repay him more than £5,000.

Brittany Narbett saved the victim's payment details after he offered to buy a joint takeaway on a visit to her house - then used it repeatedly on food delivery app UberEats between June 2021 and October 2022.

A man has been found guilty of conning single women into handing over thousands of pounds.

Khalid Mahmood, 44, used dating websites to swindle women out of their cash.

A former company director has been found guilty for his role in a property scheme in which he sought fraudulently to sell a community centre without the knowledge of the owners.

Mohammed Shafiq, of Nottingham, was convicted at Nottingham Crown Court of fraud by false representation and sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail.

Rushcliffe Borough Council has stated it will never tolerate fraud of any kind after a resident was left with a suspended jail sentence for illegally claiming nearly £20,000 of housing benefit.

https://westbridgfordwire.com/ruddington-man-sentenced-for-20000-housing-benefit-fraud/

An HMRC worker who claimed three of her children were disabled and submitted false tax credits for another 15 has been jailed after fraudulently pocketing £238,000.

Newcastle Crown Court heard Tracy Ashbridge had abused her job to make the claims.

Fraudsters impersonating Chelsea officials have been swindling money out of aspiring footballers and their families with bogus promises of trials for the club.

Scammers have targeted young players using social media accounts and websites that purport to be official Chelsea platforms running scouting programmes around the world.

A former company director has been found guilty for his role in a property scheme in which he sought fraudulently to sell a community centre without the knowledge of the owners.

Mohammed Shafiq, 53, of Nottingham was convicted on 8 September 2023 at Nottingham Crown Court of fraud by false representation and sentenced to five-and-a-half years imprisonment.

Pension scams have cost members more than £26.4mn in recent years, data has revealed.

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the City of London Police’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau by the Pensions Management Institute revealed that between 2020 and 2022, there were 1,595 reported pension scams in England and Wales.

https://www.ftadviser.com/pensions/2023/09/11/pension-scams-cost-victims-more-than-26mn/

Mortgage-related fraud has increased by 32.8 per cent over the past year, research from Apex Bridging has revealed.

The research found this rise represented the second-highest increase of all banking and credit industry fraud.